William Shakespeare Dictionary
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| NAPKIN
a handkerchief
NATURAL
an idiot
NAYWARD
towards denial
NAYWORD
a catch-word, by-word
NEB
the beak
NEELD
a needle
NEIF
hand
NEPHEW
a grandson
NETHER-STOCKS
stockings
NEXT
nearest
NICE
foolish
NICK
score or reckoning, to brand with folly | NIGHTED
black as night
NIGHT-RULE
nightly solemnity
NINE MEN'S MORRIS
a place set apart for a Morris dance by nine men
NINNY
a fool, jester
NOBILITY
nobleness
NOBLE
a coin
NODDY
a dolt
NOOK-SHOTTEN
indented with bays and creeks
NOURISH
a nurse
NOVUM
a game at dice
NOWL
head
NUTHOOK
a hook for pulling down nuts, hence a thief |
Interpreting Elizabethan / Shakespearean Manuscripts and Original Documents
Vital, but little known, information about the Elizabethan alphabet is essential when looking at copies of original manuscripts of the period - examples of which can be found in Shakespeare's ' First Folio '. An understanding of the Tudor / Elizabethan alphabet will no doubt clarify many questions that the differences of the Tudor / Elizabethan alphabet have raised such as "Couldn't Elizabethans spell properly?" and "Why is there so much confusion with the letters 'u' and 'v' and 'i' and 'j' ?" Comprehensive information regarding the Elizabethan alphabet can be accessed via the following link and will prove a useful addition to the details provided in the Shakespearean Dictionary. William Shakespeare Education - the Elizabethan Alphabet - Differences only 24 letters - Deciphering manuscripts of the era William Shakespeare - Language, Vocabulary and Dictionary |
